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What Does It Mean Being a Decent Boss (B)
Ramus, Tommaso; Vaccaro, AntoninoCase BE-190-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social ResponsibilityIn March 2007, less than one year after his appointment as CEO, René Obermann received an e-mail from a 48-year old technician working in the T-Com Berlin department. The letter was carbon copied to some members of the Board of Management, union representatives and some other employees. It rapidly spread throughout the organization and become viral in Germany. The following is an extract of the letter: Your continuous messages to the workforce wi...Starting at €5.74
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What Does It Mean Being a Decent Boss (A)
Ramus, Tommaso; Vaccaro, AntoninoCase BE-189-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Knowledge and CommunicationThis case analyzes a pre-crisis situation experienced by René Obermann, while he was serving as CEO of Deutsche Telekom. He received a letter from a technician, who complained about the top management style being focused on short-term results instead of on the company's long-term stability.Starting at €8.20
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Raunchy E-mails, Too much Drinking and Dirty Dancing: A trilogy of sexual harassment cases across personal freedom, respect and decency (Portuguese Version, Portugal)
Vaccaro, AntoninoCase BE-175-PPBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Decision Analysis"Raunchy E-mails, Too Much Drinking and Dirty Dancing" presents three sexual harassment-related cases which took place in a leading consulting firm, a retail company and a private bank, respectively. In the first case, a group of male consultants prepared an e-mail featuring the name, photo and department affiliation of about 12 female colleagues and asking other people to evaluate the attractiveness of each photo in order to obtain a "top ten"...Starting at €8.20
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Raunchy E-mails, Too much Drinking and Dirty Dancing: A trilogy of sexual harassment cases across personal freedom, respect and decency
Vaccaro, AntoninoCase BE-175-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Decision Analysis"Raunchy E-mails, Too Much Drinking and Dirty Dancing" presents three sexual harassment-related cases which took place in a leading consulting firm, a retail company and a private bank, respectively. In the first case, a group of male consultants prepared an e-mail featuring the name, photo and department affiliation of about 12 female colleagues and asking other people to evaluate the attractiveness of each photo in order to obtain a "top ten"...Starting at €8.20
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Whole of Enterprise: An Atomic E-Business Model
Weill, Peter; Vitale, Michael R.Book Chapter HBS-4949BC-EInformation TechnologiesThe use of multiple business models across an organization can create confusion among customers, who may be required to navigate not just different computer systems, but also different ways of doing business. This chapter describes the benefits of adopting an integrated whole-of-enterprise e-business model. This chapter is excerpted from "Place to Space: Migrating to eBusiness Models."Starting at €8.20
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El proyecto Africa Project (A y B): FInanzas
Plana Olías, Alicia; Vaccaro, Antonino; Ramus, TommasoCase BES-1Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, EntrepreneurshipMatt Mitro, a project finance attorney at an international law firm, and his father, Tom Mitro, founded INDEGO AFRICA (meaning INdependence, DEvelopment and GOvernance) on June 21, 2007. INDEGO started as an Africa-centered non-profit organization incorporated in Texas whose mission was to help Rwandan women through their economic empowerment. Matt chose the non-profit corporate form in order to emphasize the social mission and attract people to ...Starting at €8.20
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Guidant Corporation: ¿Divulgar o no divulgar Dilemas en el sector de los marcapasos
Vaccaro, AntoninoCase BE-168Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Innovation and ChangeGuidant Corporation es una empresa de reciente creación en el campo de la alta tecnología que se dedica a la fabricación de dispositivos médicos como marcapasos, desfibriladores y sistemas de endoprótesis coronarias. Hacia mediados de 2002, Guidant descubre que algunos de sus marcapasos y desfibriladores que ya se han vendido e implantado en pacientes presentaban fallos y podrían no enviar la descarga eléctrica cuando fuera necesario. La compañía...Starting at €8.20
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Deadly Advertising: The Tobacco Case (A)
Olale, Esther; Vaccaro, AntoninoCase BE-176-EBusiness Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, Corporate Governance, EconomicsThe case study analyzes the effects of the regulation of tobacco advertising on tobacco companies, the U.S. government and the final consumer from an ethical and business standpoint. The first case deals with how tobacco advertising originated and how it has evolved over the years, and the second case deals with the development of regulation to curb tobacco advertising.Starting at €8.20
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What Does It Mean Being a Decent Boss (A and B) - Teaching Note
Ramus, Tommaso; Vaccaro, AntoninoTeaching Note BET-15-ERené Obermann knew it since his first day as Deutsche Telekom's CEO: he had to fire - or "outsource" as some top managers used to say politely - at least 50,000 people. Indeed, all the relevant indicators highlighted the need to reduce the enormous amount of workers at the company. In November 2006, when Mr. Obermann was appointed DT's CEO, the telecommunication group had around 250,000 employees, of whom 150,000 were located in Germany. This num...Starting at €0.00
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El proyecto Indego Africa (B): Génesis y lanzamiento de una empresa social competitiva
Plana Olías, Alicia; Vaccaro, Antonino; Ramus, TommasoCase BE-204Business Ethics and Corporate Social Responsibility, EntrepreneurshipStarting at €5.74